Not the Onion or the Babylon Bee

[Mountaineer]

https://www.newscientist.com/article/21 ... spreading/#

Great picture in the link. The article is from November 2018. If only we all learned from the ants - health practices and saving practices.


"Do you wish your coughing, sneezing colleagues would stay away from the office? Unlike some humans, ants seem to understand the importance of avoiding others when they are infected. When foraging ants are exposed to a fungal pathogen, they reduce their contact with workers inside the nest.

Nathalie Stroeymeyt at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and colleagues studied colonies of Lasius niger ants using an automated ant-tracking system.

Workers in these colonies are split into nurses, which work inside the nest caring for the brood, and foragers, which collect food outside the nest. Foragers are most likely to pick up infections, but they interact less with other ants, and come into contact with those inside the nest infrequently."

[dualstow]

^ Wow, interesting! ^

[jhogue]

I assume that just by virtue of people having joined this forum that it would be overwhelmingly composed of "ants" over "grasshopper"? I am the ultimate ant!

Vinny

Yes, but I doubt most of us are as hardcore as you. I definitely don't still have any shirts or jeans from 20 years ago.

I am more ant than grasshopper, but I do believe that quality-for-price matters when buying durable goods:

-I still have my Beretta over-and-under 12 gauge shotgun bought 45 years ago.

-I still have my Ray Ban aviator polarized sunglasses bought 40 years ago.

-I still have my Swarovski Habicht binoculars, bought 35 years ago.

-When the OEMs wear out, I will replace my Subaru Outback’s tires with a set of Michelins and the battery with Interstate heavy duty.

Sight unseen, I would wager that MangoMan only buys high quality drills for his dental practice.

[vnatale]

I assume that just by virtue of people having joined this forum that it would be overwhelmingly composed of "ants" over "grasshopper"? I am the ultimate ant!

Vinny

Yes, but I doubt most of us are as hardcore as you. I definitely don't still have any shirts or jeans from 20 years ago.

20 years ago is NOTHING! Try from 40 years ago!

Vinny

[vnatale]

I assume that just by virtue of people having joined this forum that it would be overwhelmingly composed of "ants" over "grasshopper"? I am the ultimate ant!

Vinny

Yes, but I doubt most of us are as hardcore as you. I definitely don't still have any shirts or jeans from 20 years ago.

I am more ant than grasshopper, but I do believe that quality-for-price matters when buying durable goods:

-I still have my Beretta over-and-under 12 gauge shotgun bought 45 years ago.

-I still have my Ray Ban aviator polarized sunglasses bought 40 years ago.

-I still have my Swarovski Habicht binoculars, bought 35 years ago.

-When the OEMs wear out, I will replace my Subaru Outback’s tires with a set of Michelins and the battery with Interstate heavy duty.

Sight unseen, I would wager that MangoMan only buys high quality drills for his dental practice.

Some people mistake my frugalness for cheapness. I have to explain to them I am always after value. I want to spend the least in the long-run. So I'll buy the most expensive item if I'm convinced that will be less expensive in the long run by continually having to purchase the lower quality version. Time involved in making the purchase is also part of the cost of buying an item.

Vinny

[Kriegsspiel]

Reminds me of this Joshua Kennon article about the collapse of the antique furniture market. My parents gave me some of their older furniture, a couple pieces of which are about 50 years old. They also gave me a Le Creuset from the 80s which is great.